China

When you think of China you think of the Great Wall.  Qin Shi Huangdi, declared himself emperor and decided to build the Great Wall.  The wall's length is about 3000 to 4000 miles. The wall follows the ridge lines of mountains and hills.  The wall is made up of two main things the defensive walls and the towers.  The walls and towers were built at two different times.  They were also remodeled at two different times.  The towers occur every hundred yards.  They have arrow slits for protection; they didn't just use arrows they also shot cannons.  The wall was built to keep Mongol and Turkic Raiders at bay.  The Great Wall was never meant to be such a great monument.

The Great Wall

Chinese first sat on mats on the ground.  Tables were also low to ground, this made furniture types very limited.  Then there were three major developments in furniture in China.  The first was a framework with an infill panel, the second was furniture played a key part in interior layouts, lastly the sitting on a tall chair with legs pendant became popular.  The reason why tall chairs became popular is still unclear.  It may be from several reason such as: function, comfort, and status.  Women needed to sit in high chairs because when they would weave needed their feet to be free.  

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